drquack11223 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Im thinking of getting this card for the rural area im moving to. How do you think this thing will handle to play video games? (CS:Source, other FPS's...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 post a link to specs. do you have to use that card or is there a choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drquack11223 Posted April 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Here is link to its specs: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/phonedetailpopup.jsp?item=planFirst&phoneId=1821 If i get this, i would prob end up getting one of those PCI cards for my desktop PC to use this type of card. I had one a few years back wit ha wireless card i had for my network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 i get an improving our site to serve you better on that link. if you are going to shove it into a pci pcmcia adapter you will more than likely /have/ to have an external antenna, since the pc will pretty much shield/interfere with the cards signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Wouldn't the pings be slow because the signal is traveling so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semour06 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I would think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 the signal travels from the card to the tower via the concentrator to the backbone. usually not longer or shorter (on average) than a wired connection. latency increases are possible due to packet retransmissions because of poor signal/interference. compared to pointing a dish at the heavens and praying the signal bounces off the moon to reach d-way or wildblue the latency will be low as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drquack11223 Posted April 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I will get an external antenna if i can find one. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobileoptions/broadband/index.jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 hey drquack, do you know what technology they are using in your area? i.e: EVDO, 1xRTT, etc.. That makes a difference on my Sprint wireless service I have on my work laptop. In EVDO areas (typically in or near the city limits) I get around 250-300ms latency. In 1xRTT areas (typically rural around here) I get up to an 800ms ping time. edit: just fired up the notebook and pinged a gateway and today I am getting a 175-250ms (avg 228ms) ping time. Not bad. It is in EVDO mode, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Now I forced it to 1xRTT mode and here are the stats for 100 ping requests: minimum = 336ms, maximum = 998ms, average = 507ms Mare than double the echo time than EVDO mode. Now, this is Sprint and not Verizon, but hopefully this gives you some info to go on. Here is a speedtest comparison: 1xRTT: 105 Kbps or 0.11 Mbps (13kB/s) using 384k test (ouch) EVDO: 551 Kbps or 0.55 Mbps (67kB/s) using 579k test. Speeds obviously vary, I have seen days where I get over 1mbps easily. But the EVDO service is decent, the 1xRTT is pretty much excruciatingly aggravating. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drquack11223 Posted April 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 No, i dont know what technology they are using Thanks for the info man, have you ever tried to play games on that card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 BroadbandAccess is available in 181 major metropolitan areas covering over 148 million people, and is expanding coast to coast. BroadbandAccess is available in 72 primary airports in the U.S. Speeds based on our network tests with 5MB FTP data files without compression. Actual speeds and coverage may vary. you sure they cover your place? if you are so far out in the sticks you can't get cable/dsl or isdn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drquack11223 Posted April 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 one of my soon to be neighbors has it. he gets a pretty solid connection. lives about 50 yards away from where my house is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 then have him test speed here, have him ping and tracert and pathping for you to check out the latency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 24, 2006 CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 No, i dont know what technology they are using Thanks for the info man, have you ever tried to play games on that card? I have not ever tried gaming on the wireless PC since it is my work PC. I am curious about the results, if I try a little gaming on it, I will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeffwalker9999 Posted April 24, 2006 CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 I use to have at&t and nextels service but was back in 2000 to 2002 and major changes have been done sience I had service but in general cellular data is good I like at&t / cingular please post your ping rates as soon I will have a laptop and will again be looking for a wireless provider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drquack11223 Posted April 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 I'll ask him next time im down there (few weeks ) I'd call him but i dont know his number or his last name lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drquack11223 Posted May 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 20, 2006 well, im back down. Here are my speeds: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 595 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 73 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/05/20 - 10:30am Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 14.03 sec Tested from a 386 kB file and took 5.313 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3 Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 28.05 % of your hosts average (myvzw.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-JEL1BICR5 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 535 Kbps about 0.54 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 65 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/05/20 - 10:34am Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 15.75 sec Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 15.50976 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3 Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 74.41 % of your hosts average (myvzw.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-S6W72AEJY With this, i get pings in the 700's if im lucky. and this is when im on 2 out of 4 bars. im out in the middle no nowhere Im going to try and use cable nut and see if my connection improves. I think im going to go with a satellite and dial-up binded connection to get the best for playing video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj0521 Posted November 22, 2006 CID Share Posted November 22, 2006 Well just to let you know that Verizon is very strict on there usage policy bec. they dont tell you this but they have a 10GB monthly allowance b-4 they decided to cancel your card service on you, i never knew this untill later on when they sent me a letter in the mail and canceled my service the following day, but overall in Orlando where i live i got good service and speeds on 1MB+ 98% of the time and on the interstes driving i would get about 300KB/S with 200-250m/s ping times so just be ware about this b-4 you buy and sign a contract!!!!!! P.S. Does Sprint have a "Montly Allowance" Like Verizon does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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